Category Archives: Geek Stuff

The Story Late last night, I stumbled upon a rather clever hack in one of my Rust projects. I’d been working on an iterator which implements grapheme-aware CamelCase word-splitting when…The Story Late last night, I stumbled upon a rather clever … Continue reading →

I’ve been working to port the brains of my game launcher experiment from Python to Rust for easier refactoring and to eventually offer language bindings other than Python itself and,…I’ve been working to port the brains of my game launcher … Continue reading →

Well, I have a Chinese USB foot pedal that I picked up on eBay for $11 CA to play around with but, for ages, it’s been worth bupkiss because it’s…Well, I have a Chinese USB foot pedal that I picked … Continue reading →

Suppose you need to keep siblings, roommates, children, or even friends with wandering hands out of something, but you can’t use a lock. Maybe you’re worried they’ll find the key,…Suppose you need to keep siblings, roommates, children, or even friends … Continue reading →

I was writing a little unsigned “dump my tabs”  WebExtension for my Firefox Developer Edition when I realized that, outside the jQuery world, I’d only ever used old-style callbacks before….I was writing a little unsigned “dump my tabs”  WebExtension for … Continue reading →

I’ve always felt a certain undercurrent of awe at how elegant and beautiful the idea of a mathematical proof is. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a math geek, but…I’ve always felt a certain undercurrent of awe at how elegant … Continue reading →